Anthony police spokeswoman Mary Hall said a team of local and federal law enforcement agents, including SWAT teams, served several warrants around town before dawn. She said she did not know what type of warrants were served or any of the targets.
FBI spokesman Frank Fisher confirmed that a law enforcement operation was underway but declined to give details.
At one home on Old Field Circle, the front door was busted in and two state police cars and two SUVs remained outside at midmorning.
"At 5 a.m. we heard a big boom," said Angie Marquez, 19, who lives across the street and three doors down. "It was really loud. My mom was the one who told me to get up because there were a lot of cops."
Marquez said she did not know who lived at the home.
"I heard one of the cops screaming," Marquez said. "I couldn't hear what he said. And there was lots of FBI, and they stayed in the house until it was morning. Then they started leaving."
Another neighbor, Aurelia Morales, 49, said she saw four helicopters circling overhead during the raid.
At another home on Katy Street, federal agents broke through a 4-foot-high chain link fence, tore the bars off a window, broke the window and knocked down the front door.
At midmorning a woman wearing pajama pants and a hoodie sweatshirt pulled up to the residence and went inside to talk to federal agents.
Anthony straddles New Mexico and Texas and is 21 miles north of El Paso, Texas.
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